(Reuters) - The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a $526 million loan to Guyana for an energy project designed to double the South American country's installed electric capacity and reduce oil imports, the Guyanese government and Ex-Im said on Thursday. The project, which falls under Ex-Im's mandate to help exporters facing competition from China, will use... Continue Reading →
Subsea Redesign Underway for Floating Offshore Wind
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) The 66kV high voltage wet mate connector currently undergoing technical qualification by Baker Hughes weighs in at around one ton and has over 40 liters of dielectric oil protecting copper cable up to 1,200 square millimeters in diameter. The connector is designed to sit on the seabed at the end of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras begins operation of the SNOX Unit at RNEST
Petrobras informs that it has begun operation of the atmospheric emissions reduction unit (SNOX) at the Abreu e Lima refinery (RNEST), located in the city of Ipojuca, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The emissions reduction will allow the refinery to increase its current processing by 27,000 barrels per day (bpd), in compliance with theemissions... Continue Reading →
Fugro to Perform Fully Remote Subsea Surveys for Petrobras Off Brazil
(OE) Petrobras has signed a 175-day addendum to Fugro’s current inspection, repair and maintenance services contract, performed by the Fugro Aquarius, to include fully remote subsea inspection surveys of shallow-water infrastructure in Brazil. Work will begin in January 2025, leveraging Fugro’s advanced Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV) and Blue Volta electric remotely operated vehicle... Continue Reading →
Expro Teams Up with Petrobras for New Well Flowmeter Tech
U.S.-based oilfield services provider Expro has signed a technology agreement with Petrobras for the development of a new non-intrusive flowmeter for the optimization of production from oil and gas wells. The technology will provide flow rates and identify flow patterns, generating online and real-time data availability for control and monitoring of slug instabilities to increase... Continue Reading →
Inyanga Marine Energy Group releases innovative design for 20MW tidal energy project in Wales
Inyanga Marine Energy Group has announced the design blueprint for their 20MW HydroWing technology to be deployed at Morlais in Wales. The tidal energy array will incorporate the revolutionary Tocardo T3 turbine for the first time, with each of the twenty HydroWing units to be powered by two T3 turbines. Inyanga Marine Energy Group have... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies extends helicopter firm’s gig at field offshore Brazil
(offshore-energy.bi) French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has renewed the contract with Brazil-based Omni Táxi Aéreo, an affiliate of Latin America’s provider of air mobility and delivery solutions Omni Helicopters International Group, to operate its field in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. The contract relating to the Lapa field has been prolonged by an additional five... Continue Reading →
SLB OneSubsea to Deliver Production-Boosting Systems for Petrobras’ Búzios Field
(OE) Global energy technology company SLB, through its OneSubsea joint venture, has secured a contract with Petrobras for the delivery of two subsea raw seawater injection (RWI) systems to increase production at the Búzios field, offshore Brazil. Under the contract, SLB OneSubsea will provide two complete subsea RWI systems to support Petrobras’ floating production storage... Continue Reading →
Foresea performs the first automated oil well drilling operation in Brazil, using HMH technology
(TN) For the first time in Brazil, automated operations were performed on an oil well, using technology from the Norwegian company HMH. The maneuver performed with full automation took place in a well in the Santos Basin, and was carried out by Foresea's Norbe IX drillship, which is becoming a pioneer in automated operations with... Continue Reading →
Tugdock and Sarens successfully secure funding from The Crown Estate
Tugdock and Sarens have successfully secured funding from The Crown Estate through the initial round of its innovative Supply Chain Accelerator. This is match funding for a joint project by Tugdock and Sarens to develop a heavy lift Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub at ABP’s port of Port Talbot in Wales. With key support from major industry players such as ABP and RWE,... Continue Reading →